THE role of accountancy and finance professionals has dramatically evolved in the pandemic but only one in three think their current elevated status will be an enduring change, according to a global survey we did recently with PwC called Finance Functions: Seizing the Opportunity.

The finance profession has experienced a ‘five years in five months’ evolution due to COVID-19, as organisations increasingly looked to accountants to plot a path of financial stability in challenging business conditions.

Interviewees for our research stated that teams were feeling fatigued and jaded, having worked harder in the last 12 months than they have ever done before.

Adapting to 100% remote working has also proved difficult and draining for many, but our report also sees new ways of working beginning to emerge that increase productivity, collaboration and employee engagement.

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